Ohio reports 5,590 new COVID-19 cases

Lily True, 9, gets her COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Rocking Horse Center in Springfield earlier this month. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Credit: Bill Lackey

Lily True, 9, gets her COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Rocking Horse Center in Springfield earlier this month. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Ohio reported 5,590 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.

The 21-day average of reported new cases is 4,579, according to the Ohio Department of Health, which released updated statistics this afternoon.

ODH also reported on Saturday that in the last 24 hours, 205 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19. The current 21-day average of reported hospitalizations due to COVID-19 is 205.

COVID-19 Key Indicators for Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021.

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Nineteen new patients were admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 in Ohio in the last 24 hours, according to the statistics. The 21-day average of reported ICU admissions is 20.

A total of 26,063 people have died from COVID-19 in the state of Ohio as of Saturday. The state updates death data twice a week. Because other states don’t regularly report death certificates to Ohio’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, death data can fluctuate.

As of Saturday, 57.09% of Ohioans, or over 6.6 million people, have have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including 67.83% of adults, 65.73% of those 12 and older, and 60.67% of those 5 years of age and older.

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